New York Post

Probes against the prez are far from finished

- Mark Moore

President Trump has special counsel Robert Mueller’s report behind him, but he, his administra­tion and his business interests are still under investigat­ion.

As soon as Attorney General William Barr ended his Thursday news conference about the report, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) requested that Mueller appear before his panel so that Congress can “better understand his findings.”

The House Intelligen­ce Committee quickly followed suit.

Mueller also made 12 secret criminal referrals in the redacted report because they fell outside the scope of his investigat­ion.

Major ongoing Trump-related probes include:

The House Judiciary and Intelligen­ce committees are examining Russian interferen­ce in the presidenti­al election and whether Trump obstructed justice.

The House Oversight Committee is looking into reports that Trump overrode career government officials’ recommenda­tions against giving some administra­tion staffers security clearances.

The House Ways and Means Committee has subpoenaed the IRS to provide six years of the president’s tax returns.

The Manhattan US attorney is investigat­ing payments the president’s former lawyer Michael Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal before the 2016 election.

A number of jurisdicti­ons are investigat­ing the $107 million raised by Trump’s inaugurati­on committee to determine if the funds were used to influence the administra­tion.

New York state is examining the now-defunct Trump Foundation to determine if Trump and members of his family used its resources to further their own business interests and whether Trump took illegal actions to skirt paying taxes.

In Maryland and Washington, attorneys general have filed suit arguing that Trump has violated the emoluments clause of the Constituti­on by profiting from foreign and domestic officials staying at his DC hotel.

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